Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Wisconsin for joining us and the sentiment and the words that you have expressed. As we go into the election and as we go into November 2012, I think what we are articulating on the House floor tonight as we are having this conversation about tax reform is that there are some differences that the American people are going to be able to choose between. One of the fundamental differences, when it comes to tax policy, is I see a base philosophy differential between my colleagues on the other side of the aisle from the Democratic Party and those of us on this side of the aisle in the Republican Party, and that base differential and philosophy is what I hear from my Democratic colleagues on the other side of the aisle when they propose such things as let's increase taxes on the top 2 percent or this group or that group. It's a fundamental belief, I would submit, that they believe that that money is better given to them here in Washington, D.C., to then dole out as they in Washington, D.C., feel is appropriate. The philosophy on this side of the aisle that I am firmly committed to, and I am sure many of my colleagues here tonight are firmly committed to, is that that money is the individuals' money, it is the American citizens' money. They are the ones who earned it. They are the ones who punched the clock around the hour--24/7 or 8 o'clock in the morning until 4 o'clock in the afternoon or midnight till 8 a.m.…”